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What is TLA or Temporal Lighting Artifacts?

What is TLA or Temporal Lighting Artifacts?

What is TLA or Temporal Lighting Artifacts? They are mostly visual abnormalities or anomalies caused by pulsating or flickering lights. Most times it’s hardly noticeable but it can have annoying side effects and even cause catastrophic events. Here we talk about the three well-discussed TLA situations

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What is TM-30-15 (TM-30-18), and should I use it?

What is TM-30-15 (TM-30-18), and should I use it?

TM-30-15 is a color rendering index system published by IES (Illuminating Engineering Society).  A color rendering index system indicates how well a light, when shining on objects, can reproduce the object’s color accurately (compared to a black body radiator – e.g., the sun).  TM-30-15 is next in a line of predecessor CRI systems (CIE CRI, GAI, CQS), each intended to improve on previous designs.  In this article, we explain TM-30-15, its advantages, and why it’s important.

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Automated LED Calibration for Cinema-Stage Light Manufacturing

Automated LED Calibration for Cinema-Stage Light Manufacturing

Cinema LED light manufacturers use what are called “ratio tables” to calibrate their LED lights. This mostly manual process is time consuming, tedious and prone to errors. In this article we will introduce automated LED calibration as a way to speed up calibration many times over and ensure precision color accuracy according to CIE 1931 standards.

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What is the difference between a Colorimeter and Spectrometer?

What is the difference between a Colorimeter and Spectrometer?

What is the difference between a Colorimeter and Spectrometer?  Both devices capture light in order to analyze it’s properties for any number of applications.  However, there are some major differences that set them apart.  In this article, we will explain the differences by contrasting structural design, functionality, applications, accuracy, advantages and disadvantages.

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What is CRI (Color Rendering Index)?

What is CRI (Color Rendering Index)?

What is CRI (Color Rendering Index)? It is a metric used to measure the ability of a light to bring out colors in objects (i.e. Color Rendering). Lights with a high CRI rating can make store products look brilliant and vibrant. Other lights with low CRI ratings will make the same products drab and lifeless.

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Everything thing you need to know to get started on Indoor Farming, PAR meters, and Grow Lights  – history, industry, vertical farming, PPFD, types of lights, photosynthesis and more!

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About UPRtek

United Power Research and Technology

UPRtek (est. 2010) is a manufacturer of portable, high-precision light measurement instruments; Handheld Spectrometers, PAR meters, Spectroradiometers, Light Calibration Solutions.

UPRtek HQ, R&D and manufacturing are all based out of Taiwan, with Worldwide representation through our certified Global Resellers.

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What is a "Spectral" PAR Meter

Valentine’s Day is approaching, and you're an anxious indoor rose farmer trying to encourage your buds to bloom in time.

The good news is that researchers have begun to understand the triggering mechanisms for seed germination, flowering, and fruiting, involving grow-light strategies

Now indoor farmers are using this information with “Spectral” PAR meters, measuring grow lights for a light metric PSS (Phytochrome Photostationary State) to trigger photomorphogenesis (i.e., plant transformations caused by light).

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